"दिल्ली एक शहर है।"

Translation: Delhi is a city.

[Guenter212784]

Is "Delhi is a town" wrong?

[Sivapriya15]

Yes. Delhi is a major metropolitan city. Towns are much smaller in density.

[VijaySRams]

The dictionary gives the meaning of shahar as a town

[Sivapriya15]

I have always learned it as city. Have you been to Delhi? It is definitely a city.

Google translate lists it as a city too.

[aarvi487618]

Yes.

[ErfanRezamand]

शहर shahar شهر is a persian loanword

[Akash_Polyglot]

Yess i know

[Miriam220166]

When the voice speaks fast she says "sheher" but when speaking slowly she says "shahar". I have read in comments here it should be " sheher". Or is it just different dialects?

[vinay92]

'Shahar' is the phonetic pronunciation which some dialects do use but the most common pronunciation is 'Sheher'.

This sort of deviation in pronunciations happens in a lot of words with ह.

[Miriam220166]

Thanks vinay92!

[JessicaSte554038]

No kidding!

[pmukkala174]

Is it just me or did anyone else hear दिल्ली as बिल्ली with the woman's pronunciation?

[ph.KDLD5Q]

City or State

[vinay92]

City. (Delhi is officially the national capital territory, not a state).

State is राज्य.